Corona Australis starry dust

[andyc]

Well, it's a fun region to take a picture of! I'm still struggling to get a really smooth background - I can't say I've got great confidence in the work of the darks and flats just yet, but equally I probably just need to take a heap more images of the region to get better smoothness in the dusty areas.

24 x 5 minutes (2 hours integration time), ISO800, EOS 60D, darks, flats and bias subtracted. 150mm f/5 Newtonian on HEQ5 pro mount, Orion mini autoguider. Stacked and processed in PixInsight and Photoshop.

Larger version of the wide field here (http://www.pbase.com/andycasely/image/160216290/original).

Larger version of the central area here (http://www.pbase.com/andycasely/image/160216293/large).

[raymo]

They're rippers'
raymo

[rustigsmed]

awesome work Andy!!
one of my fav areas in the sky, id be happy to obtain an image close to that!

Russ

[ZeroID]

Excellent work !! I love the definition of the dark patch, stands out surprisingly well from the plethora of stars in the back ground.

[Camelopardalis]

Looks a beauty Andy :thumbsup:

[willik]

Top Job it Looks very good
Willik

[Retrograde]

That looks excellent Andy - great detail!

[andyc]

Thanks everyone, glad you liked it! I got more of the dust than I expected, but it's still pretty grainy, had to use more noise reduction than I'd like to get it to this state.

[multiweb]

Great data and processing Andy. Well done indeed. :thumbsup:

[cometcatcher]

Great image!

[Rex]

Awesome Job Andy. This is one of my targets for this coming season. Hope it turns out half as good as yours.

[andyc]

Thanks for your kind comments Mark, Kevin and Rex :thumbsup:



Rex, with your setup, this should be an ideal object, hope you get the chance to have a crack!